Gemma’s Substack

Why I marched in London today, even though a ceasefire was agreed yesterday

The 32nd National March for Palestine in London

Oct 11, 2025 • Gemma

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Freemasonry in the Met Police

A subject that always riled my Dad was freemasonry in the Met Police. Nearly fifty years after he publicly raised it in the force, a consultation is…

Oct 4, 2025 • Gemma

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My letter to Sir Mark Rowley

Why are we arresting peacefully protesting Octogenarians, and putting our Police through the public wringer in the process?

Oct 3, 2025 • Gemma

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December 2024

I said my prayers for Palestine

I said my prayers for Palestine

Dec 24, 2024 • Gemma

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I Just Saw

A poem about the endless pain of watching a genocide live-streamed to Instagram

Dec 5, 2024 • Gemma

October 2024

The Circus is coming to town

I’m currently sitting in the lounge at the Hilton in midtown New York, while a couple of miles down the road, Trump is about to address a packed…

Oct 28, 2024 • Gemma

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September 2024

Moving forwards (rather than moving on) from the loss of Mum

During the months that followed Mum’s death, the catastrophic earthquake of this terrible event that impacted everyone and everything around me…

Sep 28, 2024 • Gemma

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August 2024

What not to say to a Motherless Daughter (?)

I write about motherless daughters.

Aug 15, 2024 • Gemma

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HIGHGATE CEMETERY

The poem I wrote after visiting the grave of the grandfather I never met.

Aug 14, 2024 • Gemma

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April 2024

Affirmations of a Motherless Daughter

These affirmations are the principles on which I have learned to accept my mother’s death when I was 12 years old, and my life without her ever since.

Apr 7, 2024 • Gemma

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A poem for the babies of the al-Shifa Hospital Gaza

Apr 7, 2024 • Gemma

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March 2024

Planned Equine Euthanasia

Why I wanted Leo to leave the party early.

Mar 18, 2024 • Gemma

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